I’ve spent the last few days researching my black female guitar foremothers in an almighty playlist that I’ll share with you all soon. In the process I discovered Lady Bo, lead guitarist in Bo Diddley’s band from 1957-1961. Lady Bo, real name Peggy Jones, was the first female guitarist to be hired by a major act … Continue reading
Recently I spoke at the amazing DIY Cultures with Black Feminists to talk about black women in DIY culture, with me focusing on black women in DIY punk. Even though we were all so scared we were physically shaking we ended up having a great time and in my research I found this great band, … Continue reading
I thought there was no way I could add to my already bulging collection of music by early 90s female musicians but it seems whilst listening to a Breeders recording I managed to stumble across another. Honey Tongue consisted of Josephine Wiggs (Breeders, Perfect Disaster) and John Mattock (Spritualised, Spacemen 3) and was intended as a … Continue reading
The early 90s were a magical time to hear interesting, independent music. Ok, you could hear interesting independent music any time in history, obviously it wasn’t limited to that one era but for now cast aside all logic and remember the riot grrrl scene in London in the early 90s. Along with Huggy Bear and … Continue reading
Norwich. That seemingly random city in these fair isles. Tucked up way in the nook of the country, you’d think it was so separated from the rest of the country that no amazing band could ever come from there. Well, not only did one amazing band come there but a whole scene in the early to mid … Continue reading
Every now and again I take a look through my overflowing music library and stumble across a band that I haven’t heard for a while. It’s strange that you could love something so much and then at some point you get used to that sound too much and go off and look for other noises … Continue reading
Goldie and the Gingerbreads were pioneers in the real meaning of the word. The band were the first all female band to be signed to a major label, paving the way for groups like The Runaways, the Go-Gos, Sleater-Kinney and many more, giving them a chance to take the stage and do their thing. Formed … Continue reading
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